Crib-bed.



M. MARAWSKI.

CRIB BED.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I, 1915.

l ,1 WWW. Patented June 20, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

M. MARAWSKI.

ems BED.

APPLICATWN LED FEB-1,1916- 1 ,1 @"Yfififl Patented. June 20, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- WW 1. 3m [3 m 3 MIKOLAJ MARAWSKI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CRIB-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented d1 une 21B, 1916..

Application filed February 1, 1916. Serial No. 75,523.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MIKOLAJ MARAwsKI, subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crib-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in crib beds.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a foldable crib structure having a flexible supporting bottom adapted to be stretched when the crib is unfolded and being also provided with a spring bottom relatively foldable with the crib.

A further object of the device is the provision of a crib structure having a two-part bed bottom formed of a flexible mattress member and a swingingly mounted spring member, the same being operatively arranged as a bed bottom for the crib when the device is set up for use.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a crib that is readily foldable with its mattress and spring structure into a compact position when not desired for use and which may be readily set upin its bed formation with extreme strength and a high degree of rigidity.

vVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure l is a side elevation of the device set up for use. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken upon line IIH of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the crib in its folded position. Fig. 41 is a detail view of an end portion of the spring member, and Fig. 5 1s a detail view of one of the members for retaining the crib unfolded.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that the crib is provided with similar foot and head. members 10, each formed of two hollow metallic posts 11 rectangular in cross section and arranged rela tively movable in )(formation by pivoting bolts 12.

The head and foot members are connected together by cylindrical top rails 13 journaled between the posts 11 adjacent the upper ends thereof, while rods 1 1 extend between the head and foot members being secured between the posts 11 adjacent the bottoms of the said posts.

The top rails 13 provide swinging sides for the crib by having downwardly extending side bars 15 secured thereto and arranged with side rails 16 usually formed of angle iron as shown secured to the lower ends of the end one of said bars 15, but to an intermediate portion of the three centrally arranged bars 15. Pairs of spacing braces 17 are pivoted between the adjacent ends of the side rails 16, the said braces having their inner ends connected together by pivot pins 18 which project slightly outwardly of the said braces. One of the members of each brace 17 is provided with a socket 19 upon its upper side and the companion member of each brace has a finger extension 20 adapted to rest within the said socket when the members constituting the brace are sprung to their horizontal position in longitudinal alinement with each other with the crib in its unfolded position.

A flexible canvas or support 21 after the manner of a bed bottom is secured between the side rails 16 and provided of suflieient width to be tightly stretched and held taut in a horizontal manner when the device is unfolded. Retaining plates 22 are carried by the inner ones of the posts 11 being secured thereto by means of rivets 23 as well as the aforementioned pivot bolts 12.

The plates 22 are slightly resilient and are provided with perforations 24- which are positioned vertically and in alinement with the projecting outer ends of the pins 18 when the crib is unfolded, so that the ends of the pins 18 will seat within the perforations 2 1 and thus lock the crib in its open position.

A frame 25 in the form of a grid is pivoted to the lower projecting ends 26 of the bars 15 at one side of the crib, the said grid being adapted to support a plurality of springs 27 which springs are adapted to be positioned beneath and in contact with the bed bottom 21 when the said grid is posibar extensions 26 which lie opposite the hinged side of the grid. I From this detailed description of the device, it'will 'beseen that when the crib is folded as illustrated in Fig. 3, the grid 25 7 depends from the bars intermediate the head and foot portion of the bed. The crib is set up for use by spreading posts 1]. until the members of braces 17 are arranged horizontal at which time the fabric 21 is stretched and the plates 22 are swung over the pins 18. Limiting chains 32 are connected between rods 14: which limit the relative movement of the pairs of pivoted posts 11 and the frame 25 is swung upwardly and the notches engage over the lugs 31 with the springs 27 positioned operatively in contact beneath the fabric 21.

-A serviceable folded crib is thus provided which may be compactly arranged as shown in Fig. 3 but is readily set up for use in a rigid manner as shownin Fig. 1, the plates 22 engaging pins 18, and grid-finger 28 engaging lugs 31, thus retaining the crib rigf idly in its operative set up position.

,lVhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to bethe preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made without departing 'from'the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed, Y

What I claim as new is 1. A crib having head and foot members comprising posts pivoted together in X-arrangement and oppositely arranged top rails journaled between the upper ends of the said posts, side bars depending from the said top rails, sidei'ails connecting the said bars together,a bed bottom connecting the said side rails and pivoted spacing braces between the said side rails.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 2. A crib having head and foot members comprising posts pivoted together in X-arrangement and oppositely arranged top rails journaled between the upper ends of the said posts, side bars depending from the said top rails, side rails connecting the said bars together, a bed bottom connecting the said side rails, perforated positioning plates carried adjacent the pivotal point of the said posts, pairs of limiting spacing braces having their outer ends attached to the said side rails, and pivot pins connecting the inner ends of the said braces and having outer extended ends adapted for seating within the said plate perforations when the crib is operatively positioned with the said braces and bed bottom in their substantial horizontal arrangement.

3. A crib having head and foot members comprising posts pivoted together in X-arrangement and oppositely arranged top rails journaled between the upper ends of the said posts, side bars dependin from the said top rails, side rails connecting the said bars together, a bed bottom connecting the said side rails, pivoted spacing braces between the said side rails, a supporting grid pivoted to the lower ends of the saidside bars at one side of the crib and beneath the level of the said side rails, retaining lugs carried by the lower ends of the oppositely positioned bars, springs carried by the said grid, and projecting fingers carried by the said grid and adapted for seating over the said lugs when the grid is horizontally positioned with the said springs engaging beneath the said bed bottom.

l. A device of the class described comprising pairs of pivoted head and foot posts, shiftable side members connecting the said posts, a flexible bed bottom suspended between the said side members, and a. foldable spring bottom member between the said side members and resiliently engaging the lower side of the said bottom, when the device is in its unfolded operative position.

. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MIKOLAJ MARAlVSKI five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

